Webbasierte Anwendungen als Lösungsansatz für die Heterogenitätim mobilen Internet

In addition to mobility, heterogeneity is one of the root causes for challenges of the mobileInternet. At all levels heterogeneity can be found: For handsets, networks and software. Thisdiversity leads to negative consequences, both technological and economic, for stakeholdersof the value chain in the mobile sector. A partial solution for this could be the choice ofsoftware architecture: Web-based applications have proven to be a good basis for crossplatformapplications in stationary web. Therefore, possible software architectures forapplications used on mobile devices are examined and three archetypes of load distributionare identified and assessed: Thin client, web client and fat client. Based on the review of thepotentials of web-based applications to deal with the heterogeneity in the mobile Internetproblem areas and possible solutions for them are identified. The result: Web-basedapplications on the mobile Internet are a viable basis for cross-platform applications in both:the private as well as the business sector.